The Idler (1892–1911)

The Idler was an illustrated monthly magazine published in Great Britain from 1892 to 1911. It was founded by the author Robert Barr, who brought in the humorist Jerome K. Jerome as co-editor, and its contributors included many of the leading writers and illustrators of the time.

Cover for bound volumes of The Idler 1892 onwards.

Content

The Idler, generally catered to the popular taste, printing light pieces and sensational fiction. The magazine published short stories, serialised novels, humour pieces, poetry, memoirs, travel writing, book and theatre reviews and interviews. It also included a monthly feature called 'The Idlers' Club,' in which a number of writers would offer their views on a particular topic.

Most of The Idler's contributors were popular and prolific writers of the time. Some of them, such as Rudyard Kipling and Mark Twain, are still read today.

Editors
  • February 1892 - July 1895: Jerome Klapka Jerome and Robert Barr
  • August 1895 - November 1897: Jerome Klapka Jerome
  • 1898 - 1901: Arthur Lawrence and Sidney Sime
  • 1902 - 1911: Robert Barr[1]

Contributors
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Writers

Artists
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References
  1. "The Idler (1892-1911) - Indexes to Fiction". Victorian Fiction Research Guides. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  2. "The Idler" Vol.2 Aug. 1892 - Jan. 1893


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